Whoever has in possession any device, explosive, or other instrumentality with intent to use or permit the use of the same to commit burglary or theft may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of not more than $5,000, or both.
Minn. Stat. § 609.59
POSSESSION OF BURGLARY OR THEFT TOOLS.
Known as the Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 609–609 (377 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case In re the Welfare of M.L.M. (2012)
Most recently applied in In re the Welfare of M.L.M. (January 2012)
1963 c 753 art 1 s 609 .59; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 712 s 13
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.